ULRIKE PALMBACH
Inertia, an installation & Other Works
November 15 - December 23, 2000
BIOGRAPHY
PRESS RELEASE
San Francisco Chronicle, December 9, 2000
The objects that Palmbach creates exist at the intersection of the familiar and the strange, the humorous and the tragic, the promising and the ominous. Palmbach zeroes in on ordinary daily peculiarities by using mundane raw materials such as felt blankets and twine in an extra-ordinary way.

Inertia is a large installation comprised of an abundance of felt objects that appear to have been left by a receded river current. Made from layers of blankets, the elements are uniformly rounded, as if worn by incessant spinning and tumbling. Their immobility evokes a yearning for the motion which shaped them, yet also defines their place at rest.
Inertia, 2000
felt blankets
dimensions variable from 4" to 24" in diameter
Inertia (Detail), 2000
felt blankets
24" diameter
Installation View, 2000
Stephen Wirtz Gallery
Milk and Honey, 2000
Jute-twine, wood
installation dimensions variable
Pants (Untitled), 1999
Jute-twine, hanger
14 x 21 x 6"
Head, 2000
twine, canvas
12 x 8 x 8"
Flasche (bottle), 2000
wool blanket
5 x 11 x 8"
Egg Carton (Untitled), 2000
wool blanket, thread
3 x 12 x 4 1/2"
Glück (Luck), 1999
beeswax, graphite powder
1 x 1 x 1" (each)
Pause, 1999
tin buckets, glass, rocks
10" diameter (each)